43RQT6981Advanced operationOn-screen displaysDisplays appear on the television when you operate the unit to letyou know what operation was performed and what condition the unitis in.≥You can change the setting in the SETUP menu so the first displaydoes not appear automatically (➜page 45, Display—Status Mes-sages).Press [STATUS].The display changes each time you press the button.e.g., DVD-RAMDVD TVINPUT SELECTVCR Plus+ OPEN/CLOSE TV/VIDEOCHVOLUMESKIPDIRECT NAVIGATOR PLAY LISTTOP MENUENTERMENUFUNCTIONS RETURNSTOP PAUSE PLAY/x1.3SLOW/SEARCHCANCEL1 2 3DVD TV4 5 67 8 90 100FRAME CM SKIP TIME SLIPERASE RECPROG/CHECK ADD/DLTF Rec REC MODESTATUS MARKERAUDIO SETUPDISPLAY POSITIONMEMORYPOWERSTATUSChanging the information displayed0:50 XP6/8 10:15 PMπ PRG2 0:05.14 XPπ PRG1 0:00.10 SPRECLRDVD-RAMRECLRDVD-RAM0 . . . . 5 . . . . 10Bit RateREC 5.4Mbps XPπ PLAY 3.1Mbps SPRECLRDVD-RAMNo displayπPLAYPLAYPLAYRemainπDisplay examplesRECLRDVD-RAMabcPLAYc Current recording or play status/input channeland caption (if entered)REC: RecordingPAUSE: Recording pausedPLAY: Playing ;: Playing paused6: Rewinding 5: Fast forwardingE: Reverse slow-motion D: Slow-motiona Disc indicationb Audio type (➜page 19)Shows the selected audio type.≥During receptionStereo: Stereo is selectedMono: Monaural is selectedSAP: Secondary audio program isselected(“((” appears when the type you haveselected is actually being received.)≥During playLR, R, L: a stereo program is recordedMAIN, SAP: an SAP program is recordede.g., DVD-RAM0:50 XP6/8 10:15 PMπ PRG2 0:05.14 XPπ PRG1 0:00.10 SPdefgihRemainπ1:356/9 10:15 PMGroup: RootsMusicTrack: 008 Holy.mp3dlmπ G1 T8Total 8/18jke.g., DVD-RAMe.g., MP3j Selected group and track namek Selected group and track numberl Selected track no./Total track no.in all groupsm Elapsed play time of a track play-ingd The current date and timee Elapsed recording time/recordingmodef Elapsed play time of a program play-ing/mode at the time of recordingg Available recording time andrecording modeh Approximate volume of recordingi Play position in the volume ofrecording0 . . . . 5 . . . . 10Bit RateREC 5.4Mbps XPπ PLAY 3.1Mbps SPπopnqn Recording modeor I/P/B display when paused(➜page 54)o Video bit-rate when recordingp Video bit-rate when playingq Bit-rate display§Show as Mbps (Megabits perseconds) during play andrecording, or kbit (kilobits)while paused.§ The method of calculating bit-rate for recording and playing is differ-ent so there may be differences in the figures displayed. (Values areapproximate.)e.g., DVD-RAM